Author Ashley Turner

A new report has revealed that despite the increase in diversity-based initiatives, women are still absent from crucial roles in the Hollywood industry. The USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative conducts a yearly ... Read More

Zendaya's star continues to rise as she is quickly becoming one of the most sought after actresses in Hollywood. With an expansive list of movies on her roster, it has been reported that the actress has signed... Read More

After the successful launch of her debut feature Jinn, director Nijla Mu’min has signed a deal with CAA.
Jinn received SXSW’s Special Jury Recognition for writing, and stars Zoe Renee and Luke Cage’s Simone ... Read More

Female Forward is NBC’s latest initiative, designed to expand the presence of women in the field of scripted television. The network recently announced the members of the program’s inaugural class.
The 10 di... Read More

Pictures have surfaced of Tessa Thompson in the new Men in Black Reboot and she looks ready to take the reins of the franchise!
Behind-the-scenes pics were tweeted by Geeks Worldwide's Christopher Marc and t... Read More

Laverne Cox has been tapped to join Jordan Peele’s comedic sci-fi anthology series Weird City, a six-episode series slated to premiere on YouTube's Premium video series sometime next year.
The series is set ... Read More

Powerhouse Emmy Award winning writer, producer, actress Lena Waithe is executive producing the upcoming horror anthology series, THEM, for Amazon. It was announced that the streaming service has ordered a two-s... Read More

Black Mirror’s Georgina Campbell, has signed on to star in BBC One fantasy drama His Dark Materials. Campbell will be acting alongside X-Men and Atomic Blonde star James McAvoy, The Wire’s Clarke Peters, and ... Read More

Comedy writer-producer Regina Hicks has inked a two-year overall with 20th Century Fox Television. As part of the deal, she will co-showrun the Fox’s new Apple animated series Central Park alongside co-creators... Read More

Gina Prince-Bythewood has been tapped to direct the fantasy movie comic book adaptation“The Old Guard.” The film is based on the series created by author Greg Rucka, who is writing the adaptation. “The Old Gua... Read More

Natasha Rothwell has been added to the cast of the Patty Jenkins directed film, Wonder Woman 1984, in an unspecified role.
Last summer, Wonder Woman scored $821.8M at the WW box office and broke records for ... Read More

Loni Love (The Real) has signed a deal with Warner Bros. Television to develop a scripted comedy series based on the comedian’s larger-than-life persona as a successful single woman.
“I am thrilled to be de... Read More

Jennifer Hudson is set to star in another big screen version of the long-time running musical Cats. Hudson will be playing the lead role of Grizabella, a character whose signature song “Memory” is one of the m... Read More

Emmy nominated actress Zazie Beetz may soon appear in another comic book movie!
The actress, who co-starred in Deadpool 2, is reportedly in talks to join Joaquin Phoenix in Joker, the stand-alone origin proj... Read More

Shondaland just keeps growing!
Shonda Rimes recently revealed the her development slate under the new nine-figure production deal with Netflix. Her new projects include the book adaptation of “The Warmth of... Read More

Insecure director Melina Matsoukas has teamed up with Emmy winner Lena Waithe (The Chi) and get our star Daniel Kaluuya for the upcoming feature film Queen & Slim.
Queen & Slim was written by Waithe ... Read More

Heather Headley gets an upgrade to series regular for Chicago Med’s fourth season. Headley's character of Gwen Garrett was introduced in the final episode of the last season. She plays a Harvard graduate who is... Read More